House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-193
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003
Became law on Dec 19, 2003.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 26, 2003
- Committee actionJul 23, 2003
- Passed HouseNov 5, 2003 · 422–1
- Passed SenateDec 9, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 12, 2003
- Became lawDec 19, 2003
Latest action: Dec 19, 2003 — Became Public Law No: 108-193.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2620.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2620, Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003” on August 13, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 13, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14708
- CBO publication date
- August 13, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2620, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2620
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e4ef5656074f94327801acaccf37a18c7cb97601c2af5afa057afe6d2552e4a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2620, Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003” on August 13, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 13, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14708
- CBO publication date
- August 13, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2620, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2620
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e4ef5656074f94327801acaccf37a18c7cb97601c2af5afa057afe6d2552e4a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2620, Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003” on September 26, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 24, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14782
- CBO publication date
- September 26, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2620, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2620
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e4ef5656074f94327801acaccf37a18c7cb97601c2af5afa057afe6d2552e4a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2620, Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003” on September 26, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 24, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14782
- CBO publication date
- September 26, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2620, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2620
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e4ef5656074f94327801acaccf37a18c7cb97601c2af5afa057afe6d2552e4a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2620, Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003” on January 7, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 9, 2003, and signed by the President on December 19, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 7, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15164
- CBO publication date
- January 7, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2620, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2620
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e4ef5656074f94327801acaccf37a18c7cb97601c2af5afa057afe6d2552e4a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2620, Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003” on January 7, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 9, 2003, and signed by the President on December 19, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 7, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15164
- CBO publication date
- January 7, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2620, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2620
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e4ef5656074f94327801acaccf37a18c7cb97601c2af5afa057afe6d2552e4a
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 108-264,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 108-264,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 29, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/264
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/264 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2620, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2620
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e4ef5656074f94327801acaccf37a18c7cb97601c2af5afa057afe6d2552e4a
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
15 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 15 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Peter King (R-NY), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Mike Pence (R-IN), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Robert Wexler (D-FL), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.